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Niceville...again. It's always a good idea to place the machete safely out of reach while you're boozing it up. Buddy Ray Fuller, 56, had arrived at his neighbor's Niceville home on Friday and the two men then drank for several hours inside the detached garage, according to a news release from the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. Several hours of drinking? It's a wonder they could stand up. The two drunken men then got into a verbal feud that escalated into an attack when Fuller picked up a machete and swung it at his 27-year-old neighbor three times, striking him in his wrist and causing a severe laceration, according to the arrest report.Ouch!

More machete madness, FloriDUH style. Fort Myers cops say they had an unwelcome guest in the lobby of their police headquarters early Wednesday morning: A man brandishing a machete, reports The News-Press in Fort Myers. The man, identified as Dejuan Jarrell Anderson, 20, of Fort Myers, had allegedly first asked for an officer by name. After being tased twice, he was taken into custody, according to the report. Get the DUHtails at The News-Press in Fort Myers. More FloriDUH

A domestic dispute escalated Friday morning when a man injured his girlfriend with a machete, Miramar police said. The woman's upper-body injury, a cut possibly in the area behind her neck, didn't appear to be life-threatening, according to Tania Rues, a Miramar police spokeswoman. The woman was taken to a hospital shortly after the attack in the 4200 block of Southwest 153rd Avenue at about 8 a.m. Charges are pending against the boyfriend. Juan Ortega can be reached at jcortega@SunSentinel.

A clerk at a Long Island delicatessen avoided a bullet and then used a machete to scare off a would-be thief, the New York Post is reporting. The Sept. 25 incident happened after a ski mask-wearing gunman burst through the door at the Stop & Shop Deli in the Suffolk County community of Brentwood, the publication reported. When the clerk hesitated after the robber demanded cash, a shot is fired and the clerk quickly grabs a machete from behind the counter and wields it as the gunman retreats.

A woman is in jail after police say she pulled a machete during an argument with another woman and caused a three-inch cut. Shaumbrica Stubbs, 26, of Lake Worth, has been charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Francilia Rodney, 26, of West Palm Beach, was cut on her left forearm and was taken to West Palm Beach Hospital for treatment, according to a police report. The incident happened about 8 p.m. Wednesday in the 1400 block of West 34 t h Street. Witnesses told police the women argued and fought over a male relative.

A boating trip down the Ocklawaha River, a scenic destination known for gator-watching that even has a troop of monkeys, ended abruptly for four passengers, who opted to jump ship after the vessel's captain, Rex Leon Crews, 51, went a little overboard himself after getting upset and grabbing -- what else -- a machete, according to Marion County Sheriff's deputies, reports the Ocala Star-Banner. Captain Crews reportedly docked the boat and fled into some woods where he was taken into custody and charged with Boating Under the Influence.

Was it a Gainesville family feud or an extreme mixed martial arts championship? Some of the weapons used: A stun gun, a machete and a baseball bat, reports The Gainesville Sun. It was all about a family affair. It seems Henry Earl Byrne, 43, was apparently upset with new girlfriend's 21-year-old son, who had been dating Byrne's adult daughter. For a little extra drama, a witness who was seven months pregnant had to be rushed to a hospital after she had begun to hyperventilate during the clash.

A fight between brothers over how to wash dishes led to death threats, cinder blocks smashing through a glass door, and one of them threatening the other with a machete, according to a Greenacres police arrest report. It happened on Tuesday around 9:50 p.m. when the younger brother, 28, who was unidentified in the report, began arguing with his older brother, Jose Avel Flores Velazquez, 36, of Greenacres. The younger brother told Velazquez he needed to use soap and water to clean the dishes rather than just rinsing them with water and putting them in the cabinet, according to the report.

A man who rents a room in Davie is accused of beating a teenage roommate and brandishing a machete during a fight in which the teen claims his nose was broken. However, Pascual Pedro Pascual, 26, took his share of lumps, too. Pascual sported a bloody nose and swollen right eye when summoned to a first-appearance court hearing on charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault. According to a Davie police arrest report, the incident happened shortly before 5:30 a.m. Sunday at a residence along the 13500 block of Southwest Seventh Place, where Pascual and the 17-year-old boy each rent a room.

FORT LAUDERDALE - Two men were assaulted on Friday by a third man brandishing a machete, police said. The two men were walking home in the 800 block of Southwest Second Street at the time of the attack. One of the two victims was struck several times with the machete and suffered minor injuries. Police arrested Brian Kelly of the 700 block of Southwest Second Street and charged him with aggravated battery, aggravated assault and carrying a concealed weapon.